Responsible for connecting industry, academia and government through IBioIC membership and networking to promote industrial biotech and advance the bioeconomy in Scotland. Some of the Centres activities include promoting a range of businesses in the sector, providing and accessing funding of collaborative academic/industrial innovative projects in conjunction with our projects team and scales-up centres, providing a skilled work force to future proof the industry, and programme managing key funders and industry leaders in the market. The Centre comprises an innovative team committed to driving the bioeconomy forward to meet the objectives of the National Plan for Industrial Biotechnology in Scotland.

Our mission is to support business growth, providing clients with reliable, professional and customised consultancy services to meet their specific needs.We tailor our services to work with clients to meet their objectives; If you require sales and marketing support to grow your business, plan for future business development or entry into new markets, we have the commercial expertise and experience to support you. If you require workplace consultancy or practical support with employee recruitment, coaching, training or mentoring we can help by improving individual, team, leader and overall workplace performance. We work across a variety of sectors, building relationships and designing plans to implement personal, organisational and cultural change. If you require support with writing projects such as business and marketing plans, marketing & communication material, preparation of training materials, or other documentation, we offer a professional writing support service to suit your business needs. We provide services on an hourly basis or a fixed monthly contract providing on-going services on or off-site on a regular basis. We also offer project specific contracts. Each option supports clients in making key improvements in the workplace and developing their business.In summary, we can offer short or long-term contracts to the biotech/pharmaceutical industry and other sectors, building relationships to support long-term business growth, or short-term project specific support during busy periods or staff absences. Services include;Commercial services Business development, sales & marketing, including market research and support with conferences, client & project management Work-place consultancy Staff recruitment, training and development, identifying gaps and resolving conflict, workshopsWriting/documentation services Proposals, business and marketing plans, reports, marketing material, technical bulletins

Biologics characterisation and biosafety